Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte, B. J. González Riga, and S. Apesteguía. 2006. Ligabuesaurus leanzai gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria, Sauropoda), a new titanosaur from the Lohan Cura Formation (Aptian, Lower Cretaceous) of Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 27:364-376
Parent taxon: Somphospondyli according to P. D. Mannion et al. 2019
See also Apesteguía et al. 2021, Bonaparte et al. 2006, D'Emic 2012, D'Emic 2013, González Riga and Ortiz David 2014, González Riga et al. 2009, Gorscak et al. 2017, Mannion and Calvo 2011, Mannion et al. 2013 and Páramo et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Angolatitan, Arkharavia, Arkharavia heterocoelica, Astrophocaudia, Australodocus, Austrosaurus, Brontomerus, Chubutisaurus, Dongbeititan, Euhelopodidae, Europatitan, Gannansaurus, Garumbatitan, Huanghetitan, Huanghetitan ruyangensis, Jiangshanosaurus, Jiangxititan, Liubangosaurus, Padillasaurus, Sauroposeidon, Sibirotitan, Sonidosaurus, Tastavinsaurus, Triunfosaurus, Wintonotitan, Yunmenglong
Subtaxa: Ligabuesaurus leanzai
Type: Ligabuesaurus leanzai
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Cerro de los Leones, level 2 (Cretaceous of Argentina)
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